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This has got to be some of the most bizarre news coming out of Asia this week. On July 14, a female artist who has distinguished herself with her female genitalia-inspired artwork has been arrested. Her crime?

The real Godzilla would be a sight to behold as the King of the Monsters has been known to inspire both fear and awe whenever he makes landfall. To celebrate the release of his Hollywood movie, as well as his 60th anniversary, a gigantic statue of...

The first stop on Babymetal's 2014 World Tour, "Legend 'Y'", brought the story of "The Angel of Dance" (Yuimetal) and the Metal Resistance to the legions of metal fans of France on July 1, 2014. After a Star Wars-inspired intro video explaining th...

Deadline reported that writer Dante Harper (Edge of Tomorrow) is currently working on the live-action Akira film. Harper will be working with Warner Bros, Appian Way, Mad Change and director Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan).

Offered data to those who donated to her vagina-shaped boat art pieces The Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Safety Division announced that it arrested 42-year-old artist Megumi Igarashi on Monday for distributing 3D printer data of female genitalia.

Young woman with sad eyes searches for cure for mysterious EDEN virus, protagonist uses Connect Jump to go to digital world The September issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine is announcing on Saturday that a character named Yūko Kamishiro in Bandai...

The newly-launched official YouTube channel for the upcoming "Musical Kuroshitsuji-Chi ni Moeru Licorice-" (Musical Black Butler-Licorice Burning on the Ground-), a new musical show based on Yana Toboso's popular manga series, today posted a 25-se...

Weekly Shounen Jump! magazine's lovable characters will be hitting the road once again for the 2014 edition of the Jump Anime Festa tour. The issue #34 of Weekly Shounen Jump! has announced their manga line-up which will be getting original anime ...

Fire dancer and apparent Sailor Moon enthusiast Thomas Vaccaro took his Sailor Mars crossplay in a unique direction—by harnessing her fire powers. While he can't shoot fireballs just yet, we appreciate the effort.

Nintendo surprisingly revealed three new characters for the new Super Smash Bros. with Lucina, Robin, and the return of Captain Falcon. Director Masahiro Sakurai gives us a closer look at Lucina, along with her comparison to Marth on his latest Mi...

Otaku have discovered that by applying duct tape to their dakimakura and other illicit 2-D girl merchandise, they can achieve an increased level of eroticism, and completely transform the sentiment of the artwork.

Another round of DLC hit Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call in Japan, and this one awakens Vincent Valentine from Final Fantasy VII. The downloadable character goes for ¥150, and there are also a handful of new songs being added to the game, ...

As the mighty King of the Monsters rakes in box office gold all over the world and enjoying his 60th anniversary, yet another golden Godzilla figure has been made, but unlike the one which came with his arch-nemesis King Ghidora, this one is bigge...

Sailor Moon Crystal has finally arrived! If you have not yet watched the first episode please head over to Hulu, Crunchyroll, or NicoNico and watch it right now! Spoilers ahead! ! When watching for the first time (yes, I watched it more than once,...

Back in May, we reported to you about how we would be getting our first Japanese Disney hero in the upcoming film Big Hero 6 based on the Marvel comic of the same title. Since then, we've found out that the film will be titled Baymax in Japan, aft...

Studio Ghibli's 'Princess Kaguya' Anime Dub Cast Revealed Posted by Chris Beveridge July 15, 2014 at 01:00 PM Princess Kaguya With word that the dub was being worked on recently by Studio Ghibli, the cast for the feature that GKIDS will be releasi...

With a set of Sailor Moon's first 23 episodes now available for order ahead of an 11/11 release, Viz has posted a preview clip from their new English dub. Main Voice Cast Stephanie Sheh as Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon Kate Higgins as Ami Mizuno/S...

Hunter X Hunter 2011 - 138 There's no such thing as a trivial detail in Toghashi Yoshihiro's world. I remember, mukashi mukashi, when Kurapika was thought to be androgynous by some viewers - it seems like such an innocent time looking back on it.

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei! ! The sprawling work that is this series is getting a new anime bundled set for it as the upcoming sixth volume of Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei! ! will be getting a limited edition release.

Recently, Minato Namikaze was revealed as a playable character in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution, and this morning, Bandai Namco released screenshots for him, along with a description.

How many years does an anime franchise have to be inactive before it can be officially declared dead? Given the pace at which fans' tastes change in Japan, if more than a couple of years go by with no new content, it's probably time to give up hop...

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma has been out in Japanese arcades for almost two years now, and is still getting more characters. According to this week's issue of Famitsu magazine, Arc System Works will add two more with Celica and Lambda, this Fall.

Square Enix and DeNA are hoping to get Final Fantasy fans counting down the days along with a recently launched teaser site for something called Final Fantasy: Record Keeper. There's just a few hours under two days left until the reveal, so ...

The first trailer and footage has released for the live action film adaptation of Iwaki Hitoshi's 1990 Manga Parasyte (Kisejuu). The trailer is for the first film, of the scheduled two, and will be produced by Toho.

OneChanbara's zombie-slaying big sisters are back, and this time for PlayStation 4. The new game, OneChanbara Z2: Chaos will run at 60 frames-per-second and in full HD for the first time in the series, according to this week's issue of Famitsu ma...

Continuing from the recently held Japan Expo, a ton of amazing cosplayers appeared at Anime Expo® 2014 as well! Take a look at all the great cosplay AX had to offer, from beautiful to cool, in this massive photo report!

Question: What kind of advice would you give to someone interested in visiting Japan but concerned about not speaking the language? Answer: I've visited Tokyo six times since 2000. The first time I went, I spent two weeks in the city.

Disk Wars: The Avengers anime will finally enter the X-Men arc starting on the show's 16th episode entitled "Uncontrollable Beasts". Two members of the X-Men, namely Cyclops and Beast already appeared in the series and was later contained inside d...

This week Nintendo has announced that secret bases will be making a comeback in the third generation remake of the beloved Pokémon franchise; Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire for the 3DS family of systems.